SURTECO reports closing of the purchase contract for take-over of the Probos Group in Portugal

- Consolidation of the highly profitable manufacturer of plastic edgebandings from July 2017

- Expansion in strategically important markets in South and Central America

Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, 7 July 2017 - SURTECO SE, one of the world's leading manufacturers of decorative surface materials and producer of technical extrusions (profiles) made of plastic, reports closing of the purchase contract relating to the acquisition of the Probos Group in Portugal. This means that the highly profitable manufacturer of plastic edgebandings can be consolidated from July 2017 and is now part of the SURTECO Group. SURTECO communicated details of the transaction in an ad-hoc release issued on 24 June 2017.

The Probos Group headquartered in Porto, Portugal, has a workforce of approximately 470 employees primarily specialized in the production of PVC plastic edgebandings. In 2016, the Group generated sales amounting to EUR 66.5 million and EBITDA of EUR 11.0 million. Thanks to the production locations of Probos in Brazil and Portugal, and other sales and processing locations, SURTECO will significantly strengthen its regional presence particularly in the strategically important markets of South and Central America. In future, SURTECO will also have greater opportunities to market its own products in these regions.

As already notified, the purchase price of EUR 99 million will be financed entirely through borrowings and the company will benefit from the current favourable environment for interest rates.

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SURTECO SE, Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, is a leading international specialist for surface technologies. The product portfolio includes papers printed with decorative designs, impregnated products, release papers, decorative flat foils and edgebandings based on specialist papers for technical applications and plastics. The extensive product portfolio is completed by skirtings made of plastic, technical extrusions for industry and do-it-yourself ranges and shutter systems.
The Group currently has a workforce of appr. 2,800 and manufactures at 23 sites on four continents, currently generating approximately 27 % of sales in Germany, 44 % in European countries outside Germany and the remainder in America, Asia and Australia. Customers of SURTECO generally come from the wood based materials, flooring and furnishing industry and the interior industry.
The shares of SURTECO SE are listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt and Munich Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol SUR and ISIN DE0005176903. They are also traded on the stock markets in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart Hamburg and Hannover.

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